WILLIAM C. OLDAKER is a founding partner of Oldaker & Willison and The National Group. He has had an extensive career in Washington holding high-level positions in the federal government, practicing law and government relations and serving on the board of directors of banking institutions.
From 1968 to 1975 Mr. Oldaker served as assistant to the Chairman of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Mr. Oldaker later served as General Counsel to the Federal Election Commission from 1976-79. During that time, he litigated several of the Supreme Court cases that define the scope of federal campaign finance laws today. From 1979 to 1980, Mr. Oldaker served as General Counsel and Treasurer to the "Kennedy for President Committee." President Clinton appointed Mr. Oldaker to the National Bio Ethics Committee where he served until 2002.
Following the 1980 presidential election Mr. Oldaker entered private practice where over the years he represented Senator Biden in his 1988 presidential run, General Wesley Clark in his 2004 presidential run, and was Ethics and Election Law Counsel to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle, Chairman Ted Kennedy, Chairman Tom Harkin, Chairman Max Baucus, Senator Edward Markey, Senator Byron Dorgan, Congressman Sander Levin, and Congressman Charlie Rangel.
Prior to founding Oldaker & Willison, Mr. Oldaker was a partner at Epstein, Becker and Green, PC and a partner at Manatt, Phelps and Phillips. Mr. Oldaker has a broad range of close working relationships with Members of Congress on both sides of the political aisle. At the Oldaker & Willison and The National Group, Mr. Oldaker has represented a broad range of healthcare clients, including national healthcare associations, emergency medicine interests, medical device companies, medical schools, insurance companies including Medicare Advantage plans, and some of the largest hospital systems in the country.
In addition to his extensive career in law and government, Mr. Oldaker was an original investor in Century National Bank. Mr. Oldaker was a member of Century National Bank's Board of Directors and a member of Century National Bank Holding Company's Board of Directors for eighteen years until the bank's sale in 2001. In 2004, Mr. Oldaker helped found WashingtonFirstBank and currently serves as an original board member. WashingtonFirstBank has grown to include nineteen branch offices and has assets valued at over $7 billion.
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Oldaker, Biden & Belair is a lobbying firm that was hired by 45 clients in 2008, for a total amount of $3,245,000.
Groups That Have Retained Oldaker, Biden & Belair in 2008
Client Total Subsidiary (Lobbied For) Industry
National Assn/Shareholder & Consumer Attorneys $300,000 - Lawyers/Law Firms
Equifax Inc $270,000 - Misc Finance
Adventist Health Systems $200,000 - Hospitals/Nurs Homes
Debt Buyers Assn $122,000 - Securities/Invest
Current Group $120,000 - Telephone Utilities
Industrial Safety Training Council $120,000 - Oil & Gas
Intermountain Health Care $120,000 - Hospitals/Nurs Homes
Regis University $120,000 - Education
St Joseph’s University $120,000 - Education
Viejas Band of Kumeyaay Indians $120,000 - Casinos/Gambling
Wheelock College $120,000 - Education
Paskenta Band of Nomlaki Indians $100,000 - Casinos/Gambling
Sharp & Barnes $100,000 - Lawyers/Law Firms
Achaogen $90,000 - Pharm/Health Prod
Westminster College, UT $90,000 - Education
Chukchansi Economic Development Auth $80,000 - Casinos/Gambling
St Xavier University $80,000 - Education
SEARCH Group Inc $72,000 Search Group Inc Civil Servants
College of Idaho $70,000 - Education
Advanced Navigation & Positioning Corp $60,000 - Air Transport
Pulmatrix Corp $60,000 - Pharm/Health Prod
University of Detroit $60,000 - Education
Xavier University, OH $60,000 - Education
Federation/Amer Soc/Experimental Biology $50,000 - Misc Health
Juaneno Band of Mission Indians $50,000 - Casinos/Gambling
Healthcare Quality Strategies $40,000 - Health Professionals
Iowa Foundation for Medical Care $40,000 - Misc Health
IPRO $40,000 - Human Rights
Mpro $40,000 - Unknown Business
TMF Health Quality Institute $40,000 - Human Rights
West Virginia Medical Institute $40,000 - Hospitals/Nurs Homes
Juaneno Band of Mission Indians $30,000 - Human Rights
Lumetra $30,000 - Misc Health
Neuralstem Inc $30,000 - Pharm/Health Prod
Ohio KePRO $30,000 - Health Services
University of Scranton $30,000 - Education
Westminster College, UT $30,000 Westminster College Education
Natl Consortium for Justice/Info/Stats $21,000 - Misc Issues
VeriChip Corp $20,000 - Electronics Mfg/Eqp
Altitude Research Center Foundation $10,000 - Health Services
Municipality of Bayamon, PR $10,000 - Civil Servants
Proteus Environmental Technologies $10,000 - Misc Energy
Air Tractor <$5000 - Air Transport
Commonwealth of the N Mariana Islands <$5000 - Other
Parexel International <$5000 - Unknown Business